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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: The opening credits state the film takes place in 1870, yet many of the firearms that appear on-screen are just a bit too modern for the period. Most of the characters use the Colt Single Action Army revolver, which was first introduced in 1873, and the cartridge-loaded Sharps rifle used by the Reverend did not exist until 1874; a period-accurate model would have used paper cartridges.

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->'''Jay Cavendish:''' All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
->'''Silas Selleck:''' Yeah. There's dyin'.

''Slow West'' is a 2015 Western film from John Maclean. It follows Scottish teen Jay Cavendish as he crosses the American frontier in search of his love. He hires the bounty hunter Silas Selleck (Creator/MichaelFassbender) as his guide.

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->'''Jay Cavendish:''' All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
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'''Silas
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''Slow West'' is a 2015 Western film from John Maclean. Maclean.

It follows Scottish teen Jay Cavendish as he crosses the American frontier in search of his love. He hires the bounty hunter Silas Selleck (Creator/MichaelFassbender) as his guide.



* AffablyEvil: Payne is charming and gregarious, but a ruthless outlaw.

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* AffablyEvil: AffablyEvil:
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Payne is charming and gregarious, but a ruthless outlaw.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with Rose, but Jay and 16 other people are dead.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Silas [[spoiler:Silas]] stops drifting and settles down with Rose, [[spoiler:Rose]], but Jay [[spoiler:Jay]] and 16 sixteen other people are dead.]]

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* ArrowCatch: Jay does this [[ImpaledPalm unintentionally.]]
* AssholeVictim: No one really has any sympathy for the "injun slayers."

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* %%* ArrowCatch: Jay does this [[ImpaledPalm unintentionally.]]
* AssholeVictim: No one really has any sympathy for the "injun slayers."slayers".



* {{Constellations}} Jay names them before sleeping each night.



* TheGunslinger: Silas, as well as the outlaw gang.
* GunTwirling: Silas demonstrates this for Jay.

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* %%* TheGunslinger: Silas, as well as the outlaw gang.
* %%* GunTwirling: Silas demonstrates this for Jay.



* WantedPoster: Silas hides the one for [[spoiler: Rose and her father.]]

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* WantedPoster: Silas hides the one for [[spoiler: Rose and her father.]]father]].
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** Also Rose [[spoiler: when she realizes the person she shot coming into her house was Jay, not one of the bounty hunters]]



* OnlyShopInTown: The general store has the only provisions for miles.

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* OnlyShopInTown: The general store has the only provisions for miles. The proprietor uses this to try to convince [[spoiler: the Swedish couple]] that it would be pointless to rob him. [[spoiler: It doesn't work]]
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** Werner is a friendly German man who has come to the West to try to document the cultures and societies of the Native tribes before they're eradicated by either being murdered or forcibly converted to Christianity. After spending a nice night with Jay, he promises him fresh eggs in the morning. [[spoiler: Jay wakes to discover Werner has stolen all of his stuff...although he did leave him an egg and a sign pointing West which blows away uselessly]]
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* AffablyEvil: Payne is charming and gregarious, but a ruthless outlaw.
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* ScrewYourself: Silas tells Payne, [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck yourself, Payne.]] Payne casually replies, [[InsultBackfire I've tried]].

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* ScrewYourself: Silas tells Payne, [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck yourself, Payne.Payne".]] Payne casually replies, [[InsultBackfire I've tried]]."I've tried"]].
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* ScrewYourself: Silas tells Payne, [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck yourself, Payne.]] Payne casually replies,[[InsultBackfire I've tried]].

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* ScrewYourself: Silas tells Payne, [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck yourself, Payne.]] Payne casually replies,[[InsultBackfire replies, [[InsultBackfire I've tried]].
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* ScrewYourself: Silas tells Payne, [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck yourself, Payne.]] Payne casually replies,[[InsultBackfire I've tried]].
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* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: Averted.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Jay getting shot in his left breast is foreshadowed several times. In one flashback, Rose pretends to shoot him with an arrow, causing him to clutch his chest and pretend to die. In another flashback, she feigns pressing a gun to his left breast and firing. When he tries on a jacket at the general store, he discovers that it has a bloody bullet hole in its left breast]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Jay getting shot in his left breast is foreshadowed several times. In one flashback, Rose pretends to shoot him with an arrow, causing him to clutch his chest and pretend to die. In another flashback, she feigns pressing a gun to his left breast and firing. When he tries on a jacket at the general store, he discovers that it has a bloody bullet hole in its left breast]].breast. Skell also told a story about accidentally shooting somebody he thought had killed his partner]].

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%% BountyHunter* BountyHunter: Payne's group are bounty hunters out to collect on Rose.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Jay getting shot in his left breast is foreshadowed several times. In one flashback, Rose pretends to shoot him with an arrow, causing him to clutch his chest and pretend to die. In another flashback, she feigns pressing a gun to his left breast and firing. When he tries on a jacket at the general store, he discovers that it has a bloody bullet hole in its left breast]].

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Jay fails to call out a warning as he barges into Rose's house. [[spoiler: She mistakes him for one of the bounty hunters and shoots him.]]



* VisualPun: A container of salt falls on an open wound.

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* VisualPun: A container of salt falls on an open wound. [[spoiler: After Jay sees the Native warrior Kotori kiss Rose in front of him.]]

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* WantedPoster: Silas hides the one for [[spoiler: Rose and her father.]]

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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilas '''S'''elleck.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Payne's gang is shown to have [[spoiler: taken in the Swedish orphans.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Payne's gang is shown to have [[spoiler: taken [[spoiler:taken in the Swedish orphans.]]



* OhCrap: Silas and Jay upon leaving the general store to see [[spoiler: the dead Swedish couple had two children.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Silas manages to limp around despite being shot in the leg.]]

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* OhCrap: Silas and Jay upon leaving the general store to see [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the dead Swedish couple had two children.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Silas [[spoiler:Silas manages to limp around despite being shot in the leg.]]

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* AssholeVictim: No one really has any sympathy for the "injun slayers."



* OhCrap: Silas and Jay upon leaving the general store to see [[spoiler: the dead Swedish couple had two children.]]




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* WantedPoster: Silas hides the one for [[spoiler: Rose and her father.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:Because the main complaint about Westerns is that they are too fast.]]



* ActionGirl: Rose has a gun and knows how to use it.
* ActOfTrueLove: Jay left behind his life of nobility to seek Rose on an unfamiliar continent.
* ArrowCatch: Jay does this [[ImpaledPalm unintentionally.]]



* BadHabits One of the bounty hunters pretends to be a preacher to get information.
* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with Rose, but Jay and 16 other people are dead.]]

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* BadHabits BadHabits: One of the bounty hunters pretends to be a preacher to get information.
* BittersweetEnding BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with Rose, but Jay and 16 other people are dead.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards Payne's gang is shown to have [[spoiler: taken in the Swedish orphans.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards EvenEvilHasStandards: Payne's gang is shown to have [[spoiler: taken in the Swedish orphans.]]



* GunTwirling Silas demonstrates this for Jay.

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* DeathByIrony: Silas and Jay discover the skeleton of a man crushed by the tree he chopped down.

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* TheWildWest

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* TheWildWest%% TheWildWest

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* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with Rose

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* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with RoseRose, but Jay and 16 other people are dead.]]

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* BabiesEverAfter: Heavily implied by Jay's dream where [[spoiler: Silas sits at the breakfast table with Rose who holds a baby.]]



* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: Silas stops drifting and settles down with Rose



* EvenEvilHasStandards Payne's gang is shown to have [[spoiler: taken in the Swedish orphans.]]



* GunTwirling Silas demonstrates this for Jay.



* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Payne sits or stands too close for comfort for most people.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Silas manages to limp around despite being shot in the leg.]]
* OnlyShopInTown: The general store has the only provisions for miles.
* {{Outlaw}}: Silas refer to himself and those like him as "men beyond the law."



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* TwilightStrayShotsStrikeNothing: Averted.
* TwilightOfTheOldWest: Silas remarks that men like him are becoming rarer as the country is settled.



* WideEyedIdealist: Jay believes the West is a place of hope and good will.

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* WideEyedIdealist: Jay believes the West is a place of hope and good will.will.
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* {{Constellations}} Jay names them before sleeping each night.


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* TheGunslinger: Silas, as well as the outlaw gang.


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* PimpDuds: Payne has the large hat, cigar, and enormous fur coat.


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* Twilight
* VisualPun: A container of salt falls on an open wound.
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* BoomHeadshot: The preferred method of killing in this film.


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* SceneryPorn: There are several wide shots of the beautiful landscape during the TravelMontage.
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->'''Jay Cavendish:'''All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
->'''Silas Selleck:'''Yeah. There's dyin'.

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->'''Jay Cavendish:'''All Cavendish:''' All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
->'''Silas Selleck:'''Yeah.Selleck:''' Yeah. There's dyin'.




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* BadHabits One of the bounty hunters pretends to be a preacher to get information.
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* Wide-EyedIdealist: Jay believes the West is a place of hope and good will.

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* Wide-EyedIdealist: WideEyedIdealist: Jay believes the West is a place of hope and good will.
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The film was the Dramatic Winner of the 2015 Sundance Jury Prize.

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The film was the Dramatic Winner of the 2015 Sundance Jury Prize.Prize.

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*DamselOutOfDistress: Rose is defending herself with a gun when her rescuers arrive.
*InVinoVeritas: Payne attempts to invoke this by giving absinthe to Silas.
*Wide-EyedIdealist: Jay believes the West is a place of hope and good will.
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->'''Jay Cavendish:'''All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
->'''Silas Selleck:'''Yeah. There's dyin'.
''Slow West'' is a 2015 Western film from John Maclean. It follows Scottish teen Jay Cavendish as he crosses the American frontier in search of his love. He hires the bounty hunter Silas Selleck (Creator/MichaelFassbender) as his guide.
The film was the Dramatic Winner of the 2015 Sundance Jury Prize.

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